20 C. K. Dodge 



Populus tremuloides Michx. Common Poplar, American Aspen, Quiver- 

 leaf. — Dry or damp open ground near Huron Mountain Club. Frequent 

 throughout but not noted as abundant anywhere. 



Populus grandidentata Michx. L,arge-toothed Poplar, Large-toothed 

 Aspen. — ■ Bordering hardwoods near Huron Mountain Club. Plentiful 

 throughout. 



Popidus balsamifera L. Balsam Poplar. — Occasional along the sandy 

 beach of Lake Superior near Huron Mountain Club. Frequent throughout, 



Popubts delt aides Marsh. Cotton-wood. — Not native in Marquette 

 County but a form of it is known as the Large-leaved Poplar or Carolina 

 Poplar, often set out as a street tree in cities and villages. 



Popidus nigra italica Du Roi. {P. italica Moench.). Lombardy Poplar. — 

 Occasionally set out in cities and villages as a street tree and often spread- 

 ing by root. Introduced from Europe. 



MYRICACEAE 



Myrica Gale L- Sweet Gale. — A shrub from three to five feet high in 

 damp open ground along streams but mostly bordering the small lakes near 

 Huron Mountain Club. Abundant throughout. 



Myrica asplenifolia L. (Comptonia peregrina L., Coulter).. Sweet Fern. 

 — A shrub one to three feet high growing in dry sandy mostly open ground 

 near Huron Mountain Club. Frequent, often abundant throughout. 



BETUIvACEAE 



Corylus rostrata Ait. Beaked Hazelnut. — Rich open or partially shaded 

 ground about Marquette and Big Bay. Plentiful throughout. 



Ostrya virginiana (Mill.) K. Koch. Ironwood. — 'In hardwoods near 

 Huron Mountain Club. Plentiful throughout. 



Betida lutea Michx. f. Yellow Birch. — One of the principal trees in 

 the extensive hardwood forests of the county. Liunbermen, woodsmen and 

 land cruisers call the small trees with smooth bark yellow birch, the large 

 ones with rough bark and red hard wood, red birch or cherry birch, the lat- 

 ter being much more valuable. 



BetUrla alba papyrif era (Marsh.)- Spach. {B. papyrifera Marsh.). Canoe 

 Birch, White Birch. — With other trees near Huron Mountain Club. Fre- 

 quent throughout. 



Betula pumila glanduUfera Regel. {B. glandulifera Regel, Butler). 

 Glandular Low Birch. — Borders of tamarack-black spruce swamps near Hu- 

 ron Mountain Club. Frequent throughout. 



Alnus crispa (Ait.) Pursh. Green Alder, Mountain Alder. — Borders of 

 Rush Lake near Huron Mountain Club. Probably frequent throughout. 

 This and the following species are much alike in general appearance. 



Alnus mollis Fernald. Downy Green Alder. — Bordering woods near 

 Huron Mountain Club, and near lighthouse at Marquette. Probably fre- 

 quent throughout. 



Alnus incana (L. ) Moench. Speckled Alder. — ^Swamps and borders of 

 streams near Huron Mountain Club. Common throughout. 



